Importing SolidWorks animations

Hi all!
I have animations created in SolidWorks 2007.
It's all-impotant for me to use this animations as 3d content in PDF.
How can I do it?
Best regards,
Yuri L. Kovalev

Hi ketaza and welcome to our community
The bottom line is that if you choose to Import the
presentation, you get static images. It's just the nature of the
way PowerPoint Import works with Captivate. If you feel it should
be different, you should consider submitting a Wish Form by
clicking
here.
Alternatively, you can retain the animations by simply
recording your PowerPoint. Essentially, you set up your slide show
to play in a window by clicking
Slide Show > Set Up Show... and selecting the
Browsed by an individual (window) option. You then configure
Captivate to record. You move through the show. But where you wish
to preserve the PowerPoint animations, you press
F9 to start full motion capture. Then after the animation
completes, you press
F10.
Hopefully this either helps directly or spawns a thought that
eventually does.
Cheers... Rick

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